In total, the summit drew 115 participants from different specialties, including wound care, plastic, general and orthopedic surgery, OB/GYN and podiatry. The survey includes responses from 92 participants.
Here are four key findings from the survey:
• Ninety-one percent of survey respondents are actively seeking to implement innovative wound treatments that will lower costs and improve patient outcomes.
• Eighty-two percent agree that improved healing is negative pressure wound therapy’s greatest benefit to patient care.
• Seventy-six percent agree that it is important for negative pressure wound therapy to expand beyond its current use.
• Sixty-six percent agree that more widespread use of negative pressure wound therapy may have a significant impact on the rate of surgical site infections.
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